Associate Director, K-12, Strategic Accounts Manager (Candidate MUST reside in Illinois or Indiana)

College Board – State & District Partnerships

Location: This is a fully remote role . This role requires vehicle travel within Indiana and the Chicagoland, Illinois area for in-person meetings, presentations, and consultations.

About the Team

The Mid-West K-12 team at College Board is a dynamic, high-energy team focused on expanding opportunity for students by partnering with educators in high schools, school districts, and state departments of education. We sit within State & District Partnerships (100+ staff), a highly engaged group that works to provide opportunities to students through promoting the use of College Board programs and services including assessments (SAT, PSAT, & AP), BigFuture and College Board Search.

About the Opportunity

As an Associate Director of K-12, you are directly responsible for managing relationships with key stakeholders at schools, districts, and/or states within an assigned territory. You will contribute to state and regional strategies and goals under the guidance of your manager and others working in your assigned state. Your ability to build deep and meaningful relationships with educators will play a critical role in the lives of students and educators and will allow the College Board to achieve its goals of expanding access. When K-12 leaders in your territory have the information they need to select and implement College Board programs that will best serve their students, it’s because of your expertise , clear communication, ability to analyze and distill data, and skill to build partnerships that advance student success .

This role requires vehicle travel within Indiana and the Chicagoland, Illinois area for in-person meetings, presentations, and consultations.

In this role, you will:

Manage Approach to and Execution of Partnerships with Schools, Districts, and/or States (50 %)

• Under guidance of Directors and Senior Directors, and based on frameworks provided by leadership, execute a district and/or state strategy balancing a growth orientation with a focus on successful implementation. Consistently build and maintain account management planning processes and business review with each assigned account

• Manage the operational activities of College Board commitments for delivering educational services, developing operational plans and establishing timelines for contract deliverables

• Deeply understand state and district opportunities and problems to deliver district account plans that provide data-driven, personalized solutions that meet state and district needs, with the ultimate g o al of maintaining and growing business across your assigned territory

• Set and track progress towards meeting goals with the intent of achieving or exceeding individual goals that contribute to the state- and regional-level goals of expanding post-secondary opportunities for students

• Analyze and assess trends using College Board data sources in assigned territory, planning account activity that aligns with larger state and regional goals

• Work with local administrators to build support for program delivery by coordinating educational services to address each deliverable in district/state plan, identifying resources and scheduling services for partnership deliverables.

• Plan and conduct in-depth, sometimes customized, workshops and professional development programs for K-12 constituent groups.

• Maintain knowledge and expertise in K12 educational trends

Manage Relationships (30%)

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key officials independently or collaboratively with colleagues while continuously identifying new opportunities to cultivate partnerships.

• Conduct necessary outreach to existing, new and previous state/district partners

• (Potentially) Serve as state lead to maintain relationships with state agency stakeholders and collaborate with internal cross divisional colleagues to successfully deliver value across the assigned state

Execute Internal Processes & Manage Regional Projects (2 0%)

• Utilize Salesforce CRM for account management to monitor progress toward goals, to manage account plans, and for proactive opportunity and task management.

• Support the wider sales team in transactional or operational tasks

• Contribute to divisional or regional projects assigned by leadership

About You

You have:

• At least 5 years of relevant and progressive experience in education or a related field; direct experience in assessment, curriculum, or student achievement initiatives highly desired

• Possess a passion for education and deep commitment to the College Board’s mission of promoting educational equity, access, and excellence for students of all backgrounds

• Achievement orientation, with evidence of setting and attaining goals

• Demonstrated ability to build deep and meaningful relationships, to influence others to action, and to effectively handle multiple situations simultaneously

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including developing and leading presentations, and ability to analyze and succinctly summarize key data points to present key findings to constituents

• Strong organization and prioritization skills and the proven ability to move forward multiple time-sensitive projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the team

• Strong computer literacy, including Microsoft applications

• Willingness & ability to travel extensively, at least 40% but may vary based on territory assignment

• A valid driver’s license and willingness to drive – This role will have accounts in Indiana and the Chicagoland area of Illinois

• A Bachelor’s degree

• Experience using customer relationship management system like Salesforce (preferred)

• Authorization to work in the United States

• Potential to include: lifting boxes and standing for periods of time when presenting

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks .

About Our Benefits and Compensation

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.

The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $ 60,000-$94,000 . College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.

Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria .

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

• A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance , retirement benefits, and more

• Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility

• A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.

About Our Culture

Our community matters, and we strive to practice and improve our culture daily. Here are some headlines:

• We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year

• We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard

• We are a dynamic hybrid team, giving staff members the choice to either be fully remote or hybrid if they live close to a College Board office. Hybrid employees go into offices every Tuesday and Wednesday

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